And they’re still skating. They just kicked off the Stars on Ice 12-city Canadian tour Thursday night in Halifax. They make a London stop at the John Labatt Centre on May 2 and they’re in Windsor next Thursday, Toronto next Friday and Hamilton Saturday.

“I think a lot of Ilderton will be there at those shows,” Virtue said. “We didn’t get to skate in the carnival for the first time in 14, 15 years. I think it’s great that we’ll get to do our free dance (complete with The Goose lift) again and we’ll perform our exhibition number (where Virtue wears a ballerina costume and Moir dons a Team Canada jersey and jeans.)”

They finish off their commitment May 14 at Vancouver’s GM Place.

“I’ll be skating on the ice where Sidney Crosby scored the overtime winner,” Moir said. “That’s going to be really cool.”

Of course, Ilderton gets another crack at their beloved skaters.

There’s a parade planned in town for June 12 at 3 p.m., followed by a reception.

Virtue and Moir are hardly parade rookies.

“C’mon, the Ilderton Fair Parade (in the fall),” the 22-year-old Moir said. “Tessa and I have been in it but weren’t this year. Sometimes, you like to just watch and try to catch the candies.”

There are two questions that follow them wherever they go.

Will they skate on to defend Olympic gold or watch Sochi 2014 on the sidelines?

“As competitors, you’d want to do it,” the 20-year-old Virtue said, “but I don’t know . . . Nothing’s been decided. I like school (she’s taking psychology at Windsor).

The second question is always about their love lives.

Dubbed “Canada’s Sweethearts” after their Vancouver gold, people are still shocked their fire on ice hasn’t translated into a relationship.

Medals aside they both know they will be forever linked.

“We did everything we set out to do,” Moir said. “. . . I’d say we changed the sport.”